Quilts, Toilet

QUILTS, TOILET

A non-reversible fabric of the pique type in which a fine face cloth is woven by healds, and is figured by a tightly woven warp actuated by a jacquard. The usual arrangement is one binding warp to two face ends. The fabrics may be (1) " loose backs " in which the binding warp threads float on the back of the cloth when not forming figure; (2) half-fast; and (3) fast backs. In half-fast and fast backs the binding warp interweaves more or less firmly with an additional weft. In the better qualities, a third weft may be introduced as wadding. Toilets are usually woven grey and bleached in the piece.